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Devin McCourty gives NFL Scouting Combine advice to draft prospects | The MMQB with Peter King
My favorite parts:
"7. It’s okay to Google your name every once in a while, but don’t let it consume you. I remember at the Senior Bowl, I’d sit in the hotel room with my roommate, Mardy Gilyard from Cincinnati, and watch NFL Network. We’d see Mike Mayock’s mock draft scroll across the bottom, and we were fixated. Of course we were going to watch. It’s the biggest thing going on in your life, and you’re curious about what the media is saying. At the time, my stock was rising and my name was mentioned in blogs, newspaper articles and mock draft boards. If you can ignore all of that stuff, that’s ideal—but it’s not that realistic. Just take it with a grain of salt. In the end, there’s only so much that you can control, and that’s what you should be focusing on.
"8. Don’t get caught up in drama with agents. At least not at the combine. I was lucky that at Rutgers, we had an early bowl game so I had a lot of time to pick an agent. To be honest, my mom helped a lot; she talked to agents and helped sift out which ones would be a good fit. At the combine, agents are everywhere and you hear stories of them trying to pluck guys or convince guys to do this or that. There’s also guys who went to smaller colleges who might not have drawn interest from agents until now. For them, I’ll relay this piece of advice that a former Rutgers teammate passed down to me: Your agent needs to be a guy you would feel comfortable going out to dinner with and having any conversation, no matter how difficult it might be. If you can’t do that, it’s not the right agent for you."
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Devin McCourty gives NFL Scouting Combine advice to draft prospects | The MMQB with Peter King
My favorite parts:
"7. It’s okay to Google your name every once in a while, but don’t let it consume you. I remember at the Senior Bowl, I’d sit in the hotel room with my roommate, Mardy Gilyard from Cincinnati, and watch NFL Network. We’d see Mike Mayock’s mock draft scroll across the bottom, and we were fixated. Of course we were going to watch. It’s the biggest thing going on in your life, and you’re curious about what the media is saying. At the time, my stock was rising and my name was mentioned in blogs, newspaper articles and mock draft boards. If you can ignore all of that stuff, that’s ideal—but it’s not that realistic. Just take it with a grain of salt. In the end, there’s only so much that you can control, and that’s what you should be focusing on.
"8. Don’t get caught up in drama with agents. At least not at the combine. I was lucky that at Rutgers, we had an early bowl game so I had a lot of time to pick an agent. To be honest, my mom helped a lot; she talked to agents and helped sift out which ones would be a good fit. At the combine, agents are everywhere and you hear stories of them trying to pluck guys or convince guys to do this or that. There’s also guys who went to smaller colleges who might not have drawn interest from agents until now. For them, I’ll relay this piece of advice that a former Rutgers teammate passed down to me: Your agent needs to be a guy you would feel comfortable going out to dinner with and having any conversation, no matter how difficult it might be. If you can’t do that, it’s not the right agent for you."
There's alot more that's great. Check it out.
